Jess Beare (OS 2017)
Fine Art, Falmouth University 2018–2021
Since leaving Sevenoaks, I spent a year doing an Art
Foundation at Plymouth College of Art and then moved
onto a Fine Art degree at Falmouth University (I have always
been drawn to the sea). Growing increasingly conscious
of the impact my art practice has on the environment, I
have been searching for ways to create art that don’t make
use of harmful chemicals, plastics or excess electricity.
This presented many barriers for me, which is why I am
so grateful to have found Cyanotype printing, a non-toxic
method of alternative photography that I am using to
document the negative impact we continue to have on
our planet and the creatures we share it with. Currently,
I am making art by gathering both natural and man-made
objects I find at the beach, such as shells and plastic waste,
then using sunlight to expose them onto light-sensitive
material before dipping the results into the sea to ‘fix’ the
image. In the future, I hope to continue exploring kinder
ways of making art.